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ANA unveils products and services of its new international brand ‘Air Japan’ with a business model in between FSC and LCC

British Airways will extend its Haneda network to 11 flights a week on March 26

Wealthy population in Japan is estimated at 1.5 million households, including 90,000 super-rich people

Japan Tourism Agency launches a public-private committee to encourage companies to introduce telework and Workcation rules

Veltra, a Japanese leading experience booking platform, extends partnership with Tiqets for API connection to increase sales channels

Japanese government has eased entry restrictions from mainland China and allowed airlines to fly to local airports since March 1

Issued Japanese passports increased in 2022, but valid passport holders decreased

Labour shortage in Japan is outstanding in hotels or ryokans as almost 80% of those say ‘yes’

Kansai Tourism Bureau partners with Mastercard to accelerate digital payment for tourists in Osaka Expo 2025

Four ‘Flying Car’ operators in Osaka Expo are selected as a step to commercialization in Japan

Japan Travel and Tourism Association opens a comprehensive tourism database covering 1,741 local regions nationwide

United Airlines will extend its Japan network this summer, launching Haneda-Los Angeles and -Washington DC

Travel spending in Japan by Japanese travelers recovered to the 2019 level in Q4 of 2022

More than 90% of Japanese Generation Z who have experienced overseas travels want to travel overseas this year

More than 1 million out of 1.5 million international travelers in total visited Japan from East Asia in January 2023

ANA is integrating its domestic passenger service system into Amadeus Altea for international flights to unify the booking management

JAL begins issuing eco-exclusive miles, which can redeem a flight ticket

Hyatt will open residence-typed ‘Hyatt House’ in Shibuya, Tokyo in the spring of 2024

Airbnb Japan donates 150 million JPY to renovate old Japanese-style houses to enrich ‘Historical Homes’ category

EL AL Israel Airlines launches its first non-stop service for Japan in March

Japan Tourism Agency shows drafts of the new national tourism policy by 2025, focusing on consumption goals rather than numerical goals

Japanese guests nights in December 2022 were up 8.3% even compared to 2019, and international guest nights recovered to a 35% decrease

JAL will serve 1.5 times more Haneda international flights in this summer than pre-pandemic, increasing New York flights to two flights a day

Willingness to consume among Japanese consumers is the highest in the last five years, boosted by willingness to travel

Japanese leading travel company JTB restarts selling overseas travel tours in earnest, enriching contents including local experiences

Two Japanese leading experience booking platforms sign a business partnership to send customers reciprocally

The most popular onsen destination in Japan is unchangeably Atami for the Japanese OTA Rakuten Travel users

Hawaiian Airlines will restart Honolulu-Fukuoka services on April 28 2023

JNTO recognizes a key for recovery of the inbound travel market is demand-supply balance of air seats

Narita Airport handled more than 2 million passengers for the first time in the past two years and 10 months

The Japanese leading travel company forecasts 21 million inbound travelers and 8.4 million outbound travelers in 2023

Domestic travel sales of 43 major travel companies in Japan recovered to the pre-pandemic level in November 2022

A Japanese leading travel company sells manga-related tours in Metaverse space

A leading Japanese travel company sells space balloon journey lifting up to an altitude of 30 km at 17 million JPY

Spending per international traveler in Japan in the last three months of 2022 exceeded the pre-pandemic level

International arrivals in Japan in December 2022 were 1.5 times more than the previous month, totaling 3.8 million in 2022

40% of Japanese domestic travel experiences are aware of 17 SDGs goals, higher than general consumers

Haneda Airport Garden Bus Terminal opens on January 31 with 30 services a day on 12 routes initially

Hong Kong-based local experience booking Klook sells a package pass of Tokyo subway and several activities

The best on-time performance airport is Haneda in Japan with 90%, and ANA as 2nd and JAL as 3rd for airlines

China suspends visa issuance to Japanese travelers as payback against tighter border control for travelers from China by the Japanese government

The awareness rate of NFT in Japan is 30% with higher popularity in entertainment categories

More than 60% of Japanese Generation Z do not want to drive in Okinawa, and 80% want to use public transportation

International conferences in Japan drastically reduced by 99% to were 29 only in 2021 compared to pre-pandemic

Yusen Cruise of Japan cancels ‘Asuka II’ world tour cruise in 2023 because smooth operation is not guaranteed

The Japanese government mandates pre-departure negative certificate and PCR test on arrival for travelers from China

Italy-born ‘Albergo Diffuso,’ defining the whole village as a hotel, certificates four regions in Japan as startup

The Japan’s leading travel company partners with a professional baseball team for a new ballpark

Strong recovery of Japanese overseas travelers was not seen yet with 380,000 in November 2022

Foreigner arrivals in Japan were close to 1 million in November 2022 with more arrivals from South Korea than 2019